RHBA-2014:0078 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated rhevm-image-uploader package which fixes various bugs and adds
various enhancements is now available.

Description

The rhevm-image-uploader package provides a streamlined process for uploading a
virtual appliance stored as an OVF archive to a Red Hat Enterprise
Virtualization export storage domain.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• When running rhevm-image-uploader on a system upgraded from Red Hat Enterprise

Virtualization 3.1 a warning was issued that a deprecated configuration key had
been found. The legacy keyword 'rhevm' has been removed from the tool's
configuration files, so the warning is not issued anymore. (BZ#1031094)

• After an upgrade from version 3.1, the rhevm-image-uploader could not upload

images to the export storage domain because it used the deprecated configuration
key 'rhevm' instead of 'engine'. This update adds a warning that the user needs
to update the 'rhevm' key in the /etc/ovirt-engine/imageuploader.conf file in
order to use the rhevm-iso-uploader tool. (BZ#975347)

• Previously the logging system wrote all messages to the standard error. Now

only errors are logged to the standard error, all the other message are logged
to standard output. (BZ#1006848)

• Every time an image was uploaded, the existing log file was overwritten,

making it difficult to debug issues. Now, messages are logged to timestamped
files, to avoid overwriting existing ones. A log rotation was also introduced to
compress old logs. (BZ#950712)

• Previously, the --insecure flag was passed to the rhevm-image-uploader with

the intention of operating without a security certificate. However, the

• -insecure flag removes certification validation, rather than the requirement of

a certificate. Users that tried to upload images using the rhevm-image-uploader
by passing the --insecure flag found that they could not upload images without a
CA certificate. A new flag was created in ovirt-sdk allowing insecure object
creation. The image-uploader uses the new ovirt-sdk and now the --insecure
option no longer requires a CA certificate. (BZ#951100)

This update also adds the following enhancements:

• Use of the -n parameter is now validated to ensure that the destination domain

is an export domain UUID directory. The output of the --help option and the man
page have been updated to explicitly refer to the domain UUID directory.
(BZ#950634)

• rhevm-image-uploader now supports importing a directory structure containing

images and OVFs, in addition to the current support provided for OVA format
(compressed OVF directories). (BZ#1002320)

• Examples of how to use the rhevm-image-uploader tool have been added to the

man page and help output for ease of use. The -N option can be used to rename
images. (BZ#887566)

Users of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager are advised to install this
updated rhevm-image-uploader package which fixes these bugs and adds these
enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant
to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red
Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Virtualization 3.3 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 887566 - [TEXT] rhevm-image-uploader help page: please add example.
• BZ - 950634 - image not showing up with --nfs-server option
• BZ - 950712 - log file overwritten each upload attempt
• BZ - 951100 - rhevm-image-uploader does not respect "--insecure"
• BZ - 975347 - rhevm-image-uploader fails with "error: no such option: --rhevm" error no matter what options are passed
• BZ - 1002320 - support importing a directory / guest-images rhel image
• BZ - 1006848 - [RHEVM] [rhevm-image-uploader] info message appear in stderr, instead of stdout.
• BZ - 1031094 - RHEV message seen after upgrade to 3.2 from 3.1 "WARNING: A deprecated configuration key has been found. Please replace the deprecated key, 'rhevm', with the new one 'engine'"

CVEs

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References

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